10.6% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Mackay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and providing unpaid care in Mackay than they were ten years ago. Only 10.6% of residents now volunteer, and the proportion of people caring for children unpaid has dropped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011, with only 10.6% of people now volunteering. This is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in other areas. Only 16.1% of people care for children unpaid and 11.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.3% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.9% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021346/mackay/topic/community